Chapter 220: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 220: Li Yuncui's Changes Are Unexpected

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua was somewhat dazed, hardly daring to believe that the yellow-haired, fashionably dressed little sister before him was actually his primary school deskmate Li Yuncui.

The tape recorder Li Yuncui had given him was still treasured in his room; although it was broken and unusable, he had always been reluctant to throw it away.

Thinking back to childhood, Li Yuncui had been such a cute girl—how had she now dyed her hair yellow and dressed herself up in such a non-mainstream style?

Was this still the Li Yuncui who used to often rank second in class?

"Wang Xiaohua, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to run into you here—I recognized you at a glance; you've hardly changed since childhood."

Li Yuncui laughed warmly.

Wang Xiaohua could only give an embarrassed laugh.

He indeed hadn't changed much, after all he hadn't grown much taller.

Now Li Yuncui stood about 1.65 meters tall, appearing even a bit taller than him, Wang Xiaohua.

Moreover, her figure had developed well; at this age she was already curvaceous, and under her form-fitting little dress, her enviable figure was even more pronounced.

"It's rare to meet, come, let's go have milk tea together!"

Li Yuncui was very generous.

Wang Xiaohua, however, declined her invitation:

"Forget it for now, let's have some next time if there's a chance—I still have to go back to school for evening self-study..."

Li Yuncui, however, said forcefully:

"Don't decline, I'm treating you, you don't have to pay, what are you afraid of? I know your family is poor; your parents probably didn't give you much pocket money, right?"

Wang Xiaohua could only laugh embarrassedly, unable to refuse again.

Li Yuncui then introduced Wang Xiaohua to the few sisters beside her:

"Oh right, I forgot to introduce you—this is Meina, this is Xiaoqian, and this is Qianqian; they're all my best friends!"

Li Yuncui then introduced her three sisters:

"My primary school deskmate, Wang Xiaohua—this kid is great at studying; last time in the city-wide mock exam, he ranked second in the whole school at No. 1 High School! Our Erzhong's first place scored over ten points less than him!"

Wang Xiaohua was immediately surprised in his heart; he hadn't expected Li Yuncui to actually know his grades.

But thinking about it, it was normal—there were only two middle schools in the county town, and those who did well would surely have their results circulated between the two schools.

Meina, Xiaoqian, Qianqian, and the other girls immediately cast admiring glances at Wang Xiaohua.

"Xiao Cui, I didn't expect you actually had such a top-student friend—really unexpected!"

Li Yuncui's face was full of smugness, her vanity greatly satisfied; she smiled and spoke animatedly:

"Don't look at me now—my studies are terrible, but I'll tell you the truth: when I was in primary school, my grades were excellent—I was always in the top two of the whole school! Just a little bit behind Wang Xiaohua!"

The few sisters began laughing and making a ruckus:

"Give it a rest—last time in the city-wide mock exam, your total score was just over two hundred; with your level, still top two in the whole school?"

"Right, right, you're worse than us! We can at least score three hundred and something!"

"Six of one, half a dozen of the other—no one mocks anyone!"

Li Yuncui gave the few sisters a glance:

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Wang Xiaohua—I really was a top student before!"

Wang Xiaohua couldn't get a word in, his face full of an embarrassed wry smile.

From their conversation, he learned that Li Yuncui, like Li Yixue, was now studying at Erzhong.

He looked at the present Li Yuncui, his heart filled with myriad emotions.

He was very curious how Li Yuncui had fallen into her current state, and he really wanted to ask her what she had experienced over these years, but he just didn't know how to bring it up.

He knew that, actually, ever since Li Yuncui transferred from Shangou Village Primary School to County Primary School, he and Li Yuncui were no longer people of the same world.

And this time, it was just a chance encounter.

It was just that he really couldn't understand—weren't the educational resources in the county town much better than those of the village school? Shouldn't Li Yixue's grades have improved even further?

He had once thought that after Li Yuncui went to primary school in the county town, her grades would surely advance by leaps and bounds.

He had always studied hard, not daring to slack off, and that was partly because of Li Yuncui—he was afraid that when he saw her again in the future, he would find the gap between them too great, afraid he wouldn't even be worthy of looking up to her.

But he never expected that now Wang Xiaohua had studied hard and ranked second in the whole school, while Li Yuncui had actually only scored over two hundred points...

"Wang Xiaohua, do you have QQ? Let's add QQ so we can keep in touch later."

Li Yuncui then asked Wang Xiaohua this, and also showed off to Wang Xiaohua:

"My QQ is a five-digit number, and it's even three suns—impressive, right?"

Wang Xiaohua had an embarrassed smile all over his face as he weakly said:

"I don't have QQ, and I don't have a mobile phone..."

Li Yuncui was immediately surprised:

"No way—you're already in high school, and you don't even have QQ?"

Wang Xiaohua smiled wryly:

"Usually busy with studying, I rarely play with things on the internet."

Li Yuncui's eyes held some disdain:

"You can't go on like this—out of touch with the times, you'll become a bookworm!"

Wang Xiaohua could only laugh dryly.

He was never good with words to begin with, so he simply did not know how to refute Li Yuncui's words.

Moreover, he actually did not want to refute her, because he did not want to offend Li Yuncui, did not want Li Yuncui to get angry with him over such a small matter.

"Very sorry……"

Wang Xiaohua finally squeezed out these few words.

Li Yuncui, however, laughed it off:

"What are you sorry to me for? You're not my boyfriend, what's there to apologize for!"

Wang Xiaohua was still smiling dryly.

He discovered that he really did not know how to communicate with Li Yuncui.

To be precise, he actually was not good at communicating with anyone.

It was just that when facing girls, he appeared even more at a loss.

After much difficulty finishing milk tea with Li Yuncui and several spiritual young girls, Wang Xiaohua came out of Shangye Street alone, only then did he heavily let out a long breath of relief.

Just after finishing the milk tea, Li Yuncui still invited Wang Xiaohua to go to Jinzhi Internet Cafe to play QQ Speed, and also said she would teach Wang Xiaohua to drift race on curves, but was refused by Wang Xiaohua.

He really had to go back for evening self-study, otherwise he would be late.

He was very curious why Li Yuncui did not need to attend evening self-study; one ask and he found out, turns out Erzhong manages very loosely, students may or may not attend evening self-study, entirely voluntary.

On the road back to school, Wang Xiaohua's mind was somewhat chaotic, Li Yuncui's current little sister appearance continuously floated up, continuously recalling Li Yuncui's clever and cute appearance from childhood, during which Li Yixue's face also appeared from time to time, as well as that one sentence Li Yixue's classmate said to him, "She just went out with her boyfriend."

All along the way Wang Xiaohua thought a lot; when he returned to No. 1 High School, stepped through the teacher gate, and sat at his own desk position, he suddenly completely let go of it all.

What lovey-dovey romance, what adolescent love psychology, all of it can go to hell.

He even felt that Li Yuncui and Li Yixue and them were very pitiful.

The outside world, just toss out a thread of temptation, and they fall.

Immersed in the fake prosperity before their eyes, squandering the prime years of youth at will.

Bottom line, they are merely from slightly better-off family backgrounds, not children of some wealthy and noble families; their families are fundamentally insufficient to secure their futures. If they do not study hard now, they will definitely have to pay the price for their current behavior in the future.

On this point, Wang Xiaohua even rejoiced that he was born into a rural poor family; if he had even a tiny bit of condition to be stubborn, perhaps he would also be like Li Yuncui and Li Yixue, unable to maintain restraint at this most easily stirred age, ultimately falling again and again in the abyss of depravity.

Poverty not only made him inferior, but also made him unable to date early, made him not dare to have the slightest slack in his studies, made him isolate the many temptations of the outside world.

At that moment, he seemed to be able to understand why his parents back then would so fiercely, so extremely oppose him owning a tape recorder, oppose him owning an MP3.

Human desire is a bottomless abyss; once an opening is made, it cannot be contained; once one falls, one will only keep falling down.

An ordinary person's trial-and-error cost is very high; a lifetime may not have several chances to make mistakes.

The so-called prodigal son returns, the so-called turn over a new leaf, that is almost impossible.

Because even if you are willing, this society also will not give you another chance.